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Mar 12, 2024
Oakland Theater Project Looks to the Past, Present and Future
The pandemic was hard on live theaters. Many small companies did not survive it. But the innovative and scrappy Oakland Theater Project was able to draw inspiration from its home, scrappy and innovative The Town, and will...
Mar 12, 2024
Calendar Picks: Week of Mar. 14-20
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ZACK FOX
Barely into his 30s, Zack Fox has already had about eight careers. He started as Twitter meme lord “Bootymath” and has since branched out into stand-up comedy, rap, illustration and a recurring role in Abbott Elementary....
Mar 12, 2024
Little Oil’s Music Without Limits
Victor Mitrani, who records his music as Little Oil, says, “I don’t know how people wrote songs before they could record themselves.” Sitting at his desk in his Richmond home, describing the process of making his new...
Mar 12, 2024
Film Review: ‘The American Society of Magical Negroes’
Consider The American Society of Magical Negroes a live-wire conversation-starter of a movie title that automatically opens up a pertinent social issue discussion.
Writer-director Koby Libii’s satirical fantasy deliberately chose a hot-button phrase. As explained in the film’s...
Mar 12, 2024
Attraros Thai Eatery Joins Swan’s Market
While Pim Soithong attends to customers who walk through the front door of Attraros, her husband, chef Akara Sutraromluck, stands behind the kitchen counter frying up a variety of Thai dishes. Attraros Thai Eatery is the couple’s...
Mar 12, 2024
No Reliable Standards Exist for Driving While High
Blood-alcohol tests often aren’t really conclusive when it comes to determining whether a person is too impaired to drive. Many people who are over the legal limit are probably perfectly fine to drive, even if doing so...
Mar 12, 2024
Free Will Astrology: Week of March 13
ARIES (March 21-April 19): I will never advise you to dim the flame of your ambition or be shy about radiating your enthusiasm. For the next few weeks, though, I urge you to find ways to add...